BMW 328i?

[flight17]

Anyone have one? Specifically a 2006-2008 year?

I'm looking into getting my "first car", the first I will be paying for... And have seen a couple around my area for 15,500. I really want a 2010 mustange but I cant convince my parents to let me get it as its just out of my monthly range currently.

But I have always liked the beamers.

One thing I'm curious about though, what is it that's needing fixed at ~100,000 miles? I have seen it said multiple times online while trying to find a cost of ownership, but it never says exactly what's going out on them.

[vorticon]

without having a clue about your situation...

if your parents still have a say in what you buy, i'd say just drop ~$5000 cash on whatever does what you need a vehicle to do, and be done with it.

[nrshida]

My friend had a 328i Sport and I was unimpressed with the handling and power delivery. I believe the American version has softer suspension.

At 100,000 miles potentially anything will need replacing (depending on the history). If you can do the work yourself parts can be obtained through specialist German suppliers (in Europe anyway). BMW tends to be a bit on the expensive side for maintenance, but someone like Cap1 would be able to give you local knowledge.

[zack1234]

I saw a diesel BMW bike once

[Butcher]

BMW are great cars, smooth to drive and are quite comfortable - I have a 2007 BMW M5 which I am fixing to trade for few reasons -

Gas mileage - frankly 10mpg in the city is absolutely a joke, it has a massive V10 engine which gives you an amazing amount of power for such a car but again the gas mileage is like 15 or so on the highway.

Secondly at 100k you can't guess what will go wrong, but I will tell you this: BMW and Audi car's are twice as expensive to repair then anything else - TWICE as expensive - you need a specific mechanic that deals in foreign car's, secondly the parts are foreign as well.
Mine has 162,000 miles and haven't had to do much out of maintenance but for example my power window motor died and it was over $600 to replace it (foreign body mechanic who special in bmw's plus the part needed) my Ford Ranger was only $70 including the mechanic fee.
Honestly unless your parents are dropping a huge dime for the car, I would look into something with more gas mileage and far cheaper of a car - save your self from huge repair bills later on.

I am actually in the process of trading mine in for drop down value of 19k just to get rid of it - it was a nice ride for the time bein my first business and sports car - but for now it was a total money pit and i spent more on this car in one repair bill then I spent entirely for all the years I had my Ford Ranger truck.
Going to look at a four door toyota tundra - i'd be happy with full sized truck and 20mpg gas again.

[RTHolmes]

make sure its got full BMW/specialist service stamps, eg. cambelt should have been done at ?60k.

otherwise the suspension bushes will be shot by 100k so budget for that, almost certainly will need clutch soon too if it hasnt been done yet.

[zack1234]

Don't gangsters drive BMW's ?
And live in Hoods or something?

[flight17]

Don't gangsters drive BMW's ?
And live in Hoods or something?

No, that would be caddy's lol.

[Dragon]

BMW's are for girls, get a Jaguar!



 

[Mickthestick]

BMW's are for girls, get a Jaguar!
 

Those are for old men

[Megalodon]

I have a Russian family that lives next to me, there son who is now 17 has been helping and working with his dad and older brother since he was 13/14, now owns his second Audi a4? a5? a something, any way I think there are fairly inexpensive for a used model and they look pretty sharp.

without having a clue about your situation...

if your parents still have a say in what you buy, i'd say just drop ~$5000 cash on whatever does what you need a vehicle to do, and be done with it.

I'd say, have Him work for the 5k...and then let him have a little say in what he is getting.... providing he is still at his parents house, under their ins and eating their food. 

[CAP1]

Anyone have one? Specifically a 2006-2008 year?

I'm looking into getting my "first car", the first I will be paying for... And have seen a couple around my area for 15,500. I really want a 2010 mustange but I cant convince my parents to let me get it as its just out of my monthly range currently.

But I have always liked the beamers.

One thing I'm curious about though, what is it that's needing fixed at ~100,000 miles? I have seen it said multiple times online while trying to find a cost of ownership, but it never says exactly what's going out on them.

 As long as it's low mileage you can't go wrong with a beemer. 3 series are great cars.

 i see them "nickel and dime" their owners around 100k miles though. had a 7 series that needed a few grand of work, including a phantom steering vibration. bmw couldn't find that either.
 had an 04 3 series needing a new degas bottle, new lower control arm bushings, valve cover gaskets, and some other stuff. i have an o4 3 series in the bay right now that's cost its owner about $5k in the last 7 months. right now, it's got a phantom oil leak. i can't pinpoint it. yet.

 i've seen ball joints go bad, tie rods, etc, but those are basic maintenance.


 now.....if you're very young, and this is your first car, then stay away, 'cause there aint nothing cheap to fix on them.

[Masherbrum]

As long as it's low mileage you can't go wrong with a beemer. 3 series are great cars.

 now.....if you're very young, and this is your first car, then stay away, 'cause there aint nothing cheap to fix on them.

Both sentences are the absolute truth.

[Mickthestick]

Why don't you just take this theme to its absurd extreme and get a 1999 porsche 911 with an already leaking rear main seal? It'll be fast, expensive, dangerous, impossible to maintain and even harder to sell. You'll get a couple girls excited, but in the end, you'll understand that you shouldn't buy any 911 older than 2005, and maybe learn a thing or two about talking your way out of a speeding ticket.

[Rondar]

I have a 2008 328i.  Very nice car with 33k miles.  Almost any thing you do to the car has to be coded into the electronics.  If you need a new battery for instance, you can figure on a five hundred dollar bill.  The car has to be programmed so it knows it has a new one so it can charge and maintain correctly.  You are required to use the best grade of fuel available.  If you lose your key you can figure on 200+ dollars and it has to be programmed and ordered from BMW dealer.

I'm on.a.smartphone and I don't want to type forever.  Go read some BMW forums and see for yourself what you may be facing.  Bimmerforums dot com is one place to start.  When I get home in a few days I can point you to other stuff and what you can expect.